Weekly analysis - 24th June 2017 to 1st July 2017

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01-Jul-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 24th June 2017 to 1st July 2017

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Over the last week MillerSmiles has received many scams from the public and through its HoneyTrap scam detection system. Below we provide an analysis of the scams we have received for the week of 24th June 2017 to 1st July 2017

During the week we reported a total of 5 phishing scams

3 or 60% of these scams linked to websites that were still online and live, ready to capture personal data, when we reported them

The 12 most popular scams as defined by search engine visits to our archive of scams we reported this week and in previous weeks were (as percentage of all visits to the site)

0.86% Customer Service: Important account information # 83369533 alleged sender Amazon reported 27th June 2017

0.64% SECURITY UPDATE: You have unread secured message alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 24th June 2017

0.59% Unusual activity detected In Your Chase Account alleged sender Chase.com reported 29th June 2017

0.52% YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION alleged sender UNITED BANK OF AFRICA UBA reported 24th June 2017

0.45% Tesco Bank Alert - Your Account alleged sender Tesco reported 26th June 2017

0.42% Bank of America Alert: Unusual Account Activity alleged sender Bank of America reported 26th June 2017

0.37% NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT (ROUTING CODE: C 826-L 003-Q190-T1830) alleged sender PayPal reported 24th June 2017

0.3% That Estus Flask though alleged sender spoof reported 30th June 2017

0.14% Why is my account access limited? alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd June 2017

0.13% SECURITY UPDATE: You have unread secured message alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 23rd June 2017

0.13% Security upgrade alleged sender TalkTalk reported 23rd June 2017

0.11% Your Order with Amazon.com alleged sender AUTO-CONFIRM@AMAZON.COM reported 8th October 2012

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword Frequency

CHASE.COM 1
SPOOF 1
AMAZON 1
1
BANK 1
AMERICA 1
TESCO 1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 4
UNUSUAL 2
ACTIVITY 2
YOUR 2
BANK 2
THAT 1
CHASE 1
DETECTED 1
FLASK 1
THOUGH 1
83369533 1

ESTUS 1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 3
GERMANY 1

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